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Yanks behind the lines : how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I /

In this remarkable history of two American and Belgian organizations that led a food relief program for millions in German-occupied Belgium and northern France, Jeff Miller tells the inspiring story of one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of World War I, illuminating the desperate lives of civil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Jeff, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Subjects:
Commission for Relief in Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918 > Civilian relief > Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply > Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918 > Food supply > France, Northern.
World War, 1914-1918 > Civilian relief > France, Northern.
Belgium > History > German occupation, 1914-1918.
Table of Contents:
  • 1914, setting the stage
  • First challenges, first steps
  • Hoover and other relief efforts
  • Rotterdam : the transshipping hub
  • Life in German-occupied Belgium
  • The CRB delegates
  • The mechanics of relief
  • The Belgian side of food relief
  • Food relief in Northern France
  • Pressures from von Bissing
  • Internal strife and battle for control
  • Critical crop negotiations
  • Accusations : Hoover as traitor, delegates as spies
  • A breaking point
  • The German deportations
  • The human toll
  • The last days of Americans in Belgium
  • Epilogue.